Volkswagen’s Dieselgate scandal 

Task:

Answer these questions based on the facts below and your research, including Richard LeBlanc’s textbook The Handbook of Corporate Governance which is linked on FACC 6500 eClass:

Facts:

An emissions testing defeat device, as part of a VW diesel car software, was installed in 11 million VW vehicles to evade US EPA environmental emissions regulations from 2009 to 2015.

Was this failure the result of:

• VW corporate governance;
• VW culture;
• The German model of “co-determinism
• VW Internal Controls failures;
• VW Risk Management failures;
• Other; or
• A combination of the above?

Instructions:

Support you answer with facts and findings from your readings.